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Plating on plastic
1999
Seeking info on supporting electrolyte use in nickel plating on different types of plastic. please don't hesitate to give me a help. Thanks.
I want to make Polyester or Plastic covered with nickel and I don't know which process. Does someone know a process that can help me?
Thanks a lot.
Youssef Ahbachou- casablanca
We have a low temperature PVD process that works on plastics. The coating adhesion is great, and a wide variety of coatings can be deposited -- including hard coatings such as TiN and ZrN. We might be able to help you if you tell us your application.

Jim Treglio - scwineryreview.com
PVD Consultant & Wine Lover
San Diego, California
1999
Yes, but does that wide variety of coatings include nickel, Jim?

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
(Ted can offer longterm or instant help)
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
1999
Metals are the easiest to deposit. Nickel is somewhat more difficult because it is ferromagnetic -- we use magnets in our arc sources -- but this problem can be overcome.

Jim Treglio - scwineryreview.com
PVD Consultant & Wine Lover
San Diego, California
1999
youssef, you may want to use a plating on plastic commercial process which is made on injection molded abs plastic parts. if your application is casted polyester resin (in rubber molds)then a different process should be used involving metallising the part,heavy copper plating it and then nickel plate. daniel
daniel livshitz- tel aviv israel
1999
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